Zone Technical Expert - HQ Sandton at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support breweries in safe working practices
• Support Breweries on VPO
• Conduct and lead performance optimization initiatives (line, plant and process capability studies)
• Support in the maintenance of packaging Standards, packaging Quality, methods, packaging knowledge base and benchmarks.
• Supporting the projects implementation (innovation, cost reduction, new packaging materials, new technologies, new materials etc
• Support Breweries in reducing losses in the processes, packaging, energy consumption, water usage including champions initiatives
• Support Breweries in the Total cycle of operational plant performance target setting, follow up & outcome
• Increasing the breweries capacity via Capex implementation or via debottlenecking
• Work closely with Brewing, Logistics, Packaging, Maintenance and Innovation teams for successful implementation and delivery of strategic projects and initiatives

Technical Knowledge

• Specialized knowledge of the packaging process and quality standards
• In depth knowledge on maintenance processes and standards in Packaging
• In depth knowledge of Packaging GOP’s and toolkits (internal candidates)
• Support Zone in value engineering and innovation

Continuous Improvement

• Strong VPO knowledge and problem-solving ability
• Complete detailed data analysis and lead/ ITF
• Complete best in class benchmarking and support implement on focus packaging lines
• Support execution of Value Engineering projects and initiatives
• Define & execute innovation strategy (including benchmarking)
• Identify risks and develop mitigation plans
• Improve and manage packaging maintenance (asset management, predictive maintenance) and production reports
• Develop and continuously improve key performance indicators to measure value engineering benefits

Minimum Requirements:

• University Degree Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or a related field
• GCC Factories is an added advantage
• Experience in Engineering Specialist roles
• 2-3 FMCG Experience
• Sound knowledge packaging process and quality systems (internal candidates), such as machine SAP, Power BI, Grafana, Flow
• Experience with world class manufacturing principles
• Ability to understand the packaging production process in detail
• Ability to define, develop and execute testing plans for new technology products and infrastructure
• Must possess strong understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and how they relate to a business